Garment form



oct. 16, 1956 JANG 2,766,916

GARMENT FORM Filed July 13, 1953 FIG. 5.

INVENTOR. fife/v00: JIM/6 United States Patent Ofice 2,766,915 Patented Oct. 16, 1956 GARMENT FORM Monroe Jang, Mercer], Calif.

Application July 13, 1953, Serial No. 367,447

1 Claim. (Cl. 22392) This invention relates to garment forms and particularly to devices of this kind which are adapted to be used in conjunction with a display of dresses, blouses, and other articles of womens apparel when the same are customarily to hang upon hangers.

As is well known, when dresses and blouses are hung upon hangers and displayed, it is impossible for the customer to properly visualize the true shape of the garment and particularly, for example, the waist line, etc. This is for the reason that the garments hang straight from the hanger with little or no resemblance to their actual drape. For this reason the customer may insist that the dress be modelled by a live model, or, in the absence of this, the customer will attempt to determine for herself the drape and pattern of the dress by bunching the same at the waist or by attempting to hold the same up in front of herself or in front of a saleslady. At best, such substitutes fall far short of a completely satisfactory display.

It is an object of this invention to provide a suitable garment form which may be used to more or less simulate the actual drape of a dress or blouse while the same is suspended upon a hanger in such a manner that the customer may form an accurate opinion of the drape of the garment.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device of this kind which is simple to manufacture and which is expendable or disposable.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device of this kind which may be used on a plurality of sizes of dresses and which may be used without in any way harming the fabric by eliminating the use of pins, hooks, adhesive materials, etc.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device of this kind which may be used by unskilled help and which may be readily and accurately positioned with respect to the garment or removed therefrom quickly, easily and with no prior training being had by the saleslady or the customer.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear from the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my garment form;

Figure 2 represents the garment form illustrated in Figure 1 as applied to a dress;

Figure 3 represents the garment form illustrated in Figure 2 when the dress has been bloused thereon; and

Figure 4 illustrates the use of the garment form illustrated in Figure 1 in connection with the display of a blouse.

As illustrated in Figure 1, my device consists of a body which is preferably formed of cardboard or some other semi-rigid material and which is light, inexpensive, and easily handled. It will be noted that the top and bottom edges are straight and are parallel whereas the side edges 11 and 12 are substantially identical and are formed in the shape of an S-curve and a reverse S-curve, respectively in such a manner that the top loops of the Ss form a narrower upper section for the form and the bottom loops of the Ss form an enlarged bottom section for the form 10. It will be noted that the shape of the sides 11 and 12 simulates a womans waistline.

The narrowest portion of the form body 10 is provided with notches 13 and 14 which are adapted to accommodate a flexible member 16 which may be made either of string or which may be made of some material which will stretch, such as one of the elastic materials. The form 10 is also provided with a pair of substantially identical slots 17 and 18 which, it will be noted, are positioned near the top and bottom of the form respectively. The slot 17 is provided with an offset portion 19 which provides a shoulder 21, the purpose of which will more fully hereinafter be described, and is adapted to accommodate a member 22 in the form of a string or cord by which the entire form may be suspended. The member 22 may either engage the slot 17 at the point indicated in Figure 1 or it may be slipped over the shoulder 21 as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, for example, to vary its vertical position as will more fully hereinafter be described. The slot 18 is substantially identical to the slot 17 as will also be more fully hereinafter disclosed.

As indicated in Figure 2, the body 10 is adapted to be positioned adjacent a dress to be shown. The dress is suspended from a hanger 23 in a conventional manner, that is, the dress hangs directly from the hanger. The suspension member 22 is mounted upon the hanger in such a manner that the suspension member 22 engages the upper end of the slot 17 as indicated. The narrow portion of the form 10 is in substantially the same horizoutal plane as the waistline of the dress. The surplus of the dress which would extend beyond the sides of the form 10 is folded about the form 10 as indicated in Figure 2.

The member 16 is then wrapped around the dress and form in such a manner that it draws the waist of the dress closer against the form at its narrowest point. The member 16 and the dress are prevented from sliding with respect to the form 10 by the notches 13 and 14 in the sides of the form. The ends of the member 16 are then secured to the form in some suitable manner and, as I have illustrated in the drawings, a pair of tabs are cut in the form and the member 16 simply urged under the tabs and retained thereby by friction. It is to be understood, of course, that any sort of frictional engagement may be utilized as, for example, an eyelet, a tab, or some other securing means.

It will be apparent from a study of Figure 2 that the garment which is hung from the hanger 23 does not merely fall in straight lines but is drawn inward at its waist in such a manner that a simulation of the female figure is reproduced and that a hip line is also simulated, thereby serving roughly to approximate a female figure.

However the approximation in Figure 2 is not considered suificient for the proper display of a dress and therefore after the form 16 has been positioned with respect to the dress in the manner indicated in Figure 2, the member 22 is changed from the position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 to a point where it engages the slot 17 at the shoulder 21. This serves to raise the form 10 with respect to the hanger 23 serving to blouse the dress. This reduces the harsh lines of the dress as indicated in Figure 2 and serves to soften the same and further simulate the female figure.

It is apparent from the foregoing, therefore, that I have provided a dress form which may be utilized in connection with dresses which are hung from hangers in such a manner that the waist and hip line of the female form are simulated and the dress is bloused in such a manner that a purchaser may look at the same and more accurately visualize its appearance when worn.

' is wrapped around the entire assembly and held in position as previously described. The suspension member 22 is hooked over the shoulder 21!: ot the slot 18 in such a manner as. to effect a blousing effect of; the waist whereby the customer may more accurately determine the appearance of theblouse when worn.

It is apparent from the foregoing that I have invented a garment form which is adapted to be utilized in connection with the display of various articles of womens apparel and which permits the simulation of the female form and permits the prospective purchaser more accurately to visualize the appearance of the garment when the same is worn.

This is done without the utilization of expensive equipmentwhich is difficult to manufacture and which requires some skill in its use. Moreover this is done with a device which may be easily and rapidly inserted into and removed from a dress and it is used in conjunction with alconventional hanger whereby the purchase of other and particular and peculiar equipment to be used with 'a form is eliminated.

I claim:

In a'device of the character described adapted to be used to display a garment suspended from a conventional hanger, a fiat reversible plate-like form having top and bottom ends and oppositely curved sides defining a pair of wide portions and an intermediate narrower portion, one of' the wide portions being substantially wider-than the other, said plate-like form having a substantially vertical slot at each of its ends, a shoulder in each of said slots adjacent the inner end of the slot, an endless memher having one end looped over said hanger and adapted to have the other end extend through one of said slots and loop over an intermediate portion of the member, said form being adapted to be suspended from either end so that the intermediate narrower portion of said form is carried at the; Waist portion of said garment,

elastic means for surrounding said garment and securing j it to said form after the waist'portion of said garment has been folded about the intermediate narrower portion of said form, and means carried by said form for detachably engaging the ends of said'elastic means, said member being adapted to engage the outer portion of the slot or the shoulder in the slot through which it extends whereby when the garment, is first folded on the, form, the form may be carried by the outer" p'ortion'of' the slot and after the garment has been secured to the form bysaid elastic means said form may be raised: and said member looped over the shoulder in the slot to cause the garment to remain bloused.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,014,299 Shafarman Sept. 10, 1193s 2,048,342 Leppelman July: 21, 1936 2,303,585 Shafarman Decpl, 1942' 2,648,468 Tan Aug. 11, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 568,434 Great Britain Apr. 4, 1945 

